happy little things #14

hello! today is my last day of my 6 day work week, FINALLY! i am not sure what the rest of the week holds for me. i know for sure i have tuesday off but not sure if i have to work wednesday or thursday. i hate that feeling of uncertainty. oh well, i will just go with the flow. embrace my last day out of 6 days and just enjoy the day i know i will have off.

this was our very first piece we bought, back 6 years ago.

we found the fabric at the thrift store and then i found the frame to fit

thrifted, it is perfectly made, this artist was AMAZINGLY skilled :)

my mom got this for me while in mexico and we found the frame at a thrift store. match made in heaven!

okay, on to the good stuff. i LOVE wall embroidery art. raise your hand if you feel me....! i gravitate towards it. you can see the time someone spent making it and i love the 3D aspect of it. i usually always always have my eye out for them while shopping and have trained tom to do the same. we have been very lucky with what we have found while thrifting. here are a few that i love and have already hanging in the house.

this one i found a few weekends ago while thrifting with my cousin-in-law and sister-in-law. i love it so much and have not hung it up yet. i have been a bit lazy as we don't have a perfect place for it so we have to move some things around in order to give it a home. it will most likely go in our bedroom where i have kinda kept all of our floral embroidery. makes me feel like we are sleeping in a little handmade garden :)

xo,

cb

mini bike date

hi peaches and happy wednesday!

a week ago i had to work and tom and the day off so he met me in the city after work and we road our bikes to one of our favorite places for a pitcher of ice cold beer and the perfect grilled cheese! it was amazing! anyone who is in a relationship knows how important it is to have little dates here and there, it is important to be able to slow down and just be with the one you love. knowing we were going to have this mini date, i wanted to look cute so here is what i wore!

one of my favorite dresses from mexico that i got years ago and just recently hemmed it. nice red tights to keep my legs warm during the cold foggy sf night and my trusty toms and favorite jean jacket. after our date we headed home and waited for the train to come in to take us back to the east bay. a great night while wearing one of my favorite outfits and hanging out with the one i love most <3

xo,
cb

p.s. i did a guest post over at kj an co, check it out!

roots

hi everyone and happy wednesday :) this week has been so much fun for some reason, maybe due to the fact that i am humming right along with my new line, i received two amazing packages on monday and we are packing for our bike camping trip to visit samuel p taylor for one last time before it closes sept. 5th, sad times :(

i love my roots, no, not my hair roots but the roots of where my family came from. i take pride in the culture i was raised around and often find myself fantasizing about escaping with tom and moving to the yucatan where my family is from. i try to go there once a year and visit the places that my great grandmother and grandmother visited when they were little. it makes me feel more connected to my heritage.

mexican embroidery is one of things that make me feel more connected.  my grandmother and her mother were amazing needle artists and they made some of the most BEAUTIFUL lace i have ever seen.  to me, embroidery blends with my personality and especially my tattoos so when i wear them, i feel most like myself. does that ever happen to you or make any sense at all?

this was an outfit that i wore to work and the top however not an embroidered good from mexico it still has the essence. it was a good thrifted find and i adore mixing it with my more modern mustard yellow colored pants.

colored pants can be tricky. the last pair i bought, the color started to rub off from my bum which made me sad, so i was a bit nervous to wear these while riding. they held up really well and i was impressed, way to go forever21!! hehe but just to be a bit more cautious last time i wore these pants i threw on a plastic bag on my bike seat just to play it safe...i'm fancy like that!

hope you all have a fantastic day, we got our film back from our sunday adventure so i will be posting those tomorrow :D

xo,
cb